Advanced Paramedic Practitioner working for #TeamWAST. Working a rotational model in the control centre, APP car & with a GP cluster. All views are my own
North Wales
Joined October 2020
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This thread is great, and the word nurse could be replaced with many excellent clinical professions. We aren’t here for ego, it’s not even about us, it’s about the people we care for. Great thread 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 – at North West, England
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#Paramedics and ❇️FIT NOTES❇️ Please respond to this @DWPgovuk consultation. gov.uk/government/consultati… @CoP_PrimUrgCare @ParamedicsUK @Chris_Riggers @nandimedics Pls RT, share with colleagues and employers. (Pay attention to Q21)
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As our summers get warmer some of our people have asked for shorts to be provided as part of our uniform. I’m pleased to say that #TeamWAST will soon be able to access shorts for use at work in the summer months to make working in the hot weather more comfortable.
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Great opportunity to progress in research but remain clinical if you wish. Paramedic Senior Research Fellow 0.4 FTE working with a great team (I'm bias-it's my team😂). I'm committed to increasing opportunities to combine a research career with clinical so secondment is an option
ALT more info www.jobs.herts.ac.uk/go/051698 or DM me
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Add in Independent Paramedic Prescribing to maximise impact of APPs in community & invest in upstream senior clinical decision making in contact centres. These are the answers to today’s emergency ambulance service challenges - not more ambulances taking more people to ED.
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In my clinic intra-articular pathology & gluteal tendinopathy co-exist so commonly
If a pt has lateral hip & groin pain, it’s not always a singular pathology; no rule to say you can’t have more than one problem
Makes sense from a pathobiomechnical / loading perspective as well
If your patient with gluteal tendinopathy is slow to progress, there may be co-existing joint pathology contributing to the symptoms. Reassess. Additional elements may need to be added to the management plan for optimal non-surgical outcomes. #glutealtendinopathy #labraltear
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This is Rick who before he died gave me my tent and told me to have an adventure. He was upset that he wasn’t leaving a legacy behind because he didn’t have a family. Rick, what a legacy! Today is for you
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3 hour competition!
Win a free ticket to our upcoming course;
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Not sure who needs to hear this, but not every elderly person who’s pyrexic/delirious/not coping at home has a UTI
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Next issue that causes problems: antibiotics towards the end of life. Some patients/families face problems with clinicians saying it is "unethical" not to treat infections, despite this potentially being unwanted life prolonging treatment. @sarahmalik450 #MakingDyingBetter
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‘27k isn’t a bad salary’, says someone who has no idea what it’s like to hold a professional registration and worry about losing your whole career cos of one decision. #Nursing
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Miriam on BBC Radio 4 this morning talking about #JeremyHunt…. Oops! We love you, MM.
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"Despite ongoing efforts over the years, hospital handover delays remain a serious long-standing issue that is affecting #ambulance services across the UK, including here in Wales."
@WelshAmbulance CEO @jasonkillens' response to today's @AACE_org report.
ambulance.wales.nhs.uk/Defau…
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Every Paramedic should see this and respond. Have your opinion in the processes that affect the way our regulator conducts investigations into our practice. hcpc-uk.org/news-and-events/…
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. @WelshAmbulance run an effective #rotational model of Advanced #Paramedic Practice to support management of people closer to home, also developing an aspirational #clinical role for #Paramedics working in an #Ambulance Service.
Get more > buff.ly/3b7OLj3
@ParamedicsUK
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My 42yr old twin brother died in ITU of COVID-19 last week. He died exactly 4 weeks after testing positive. He was the fittest, healthiest person I know. He was climbing Welsh mountains & wild camping 4 weeks before his death.
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An exciting new paramedic role goes out to advert today. @WelshAmbulance and @SwanseabayNHS have teamed up to create something unique, a role that will help further enhance the care we provide to patients at the end of life through advanced or terminal illness.
